India quiz at MNNIT Allahabad

• 20 questions in the prelims.
• No negatives.
• In case of a tie, countback method will be
used.
• ALL THE BEST!!
RULES

Q1. EASY. GIVE THE INDIA CONNECT IN THIS
IMAGE?

Toghrul Asgarov Besik Kudukhov
Coleman Scott
Q2. WITH WHICH PERSON WOULD YOU ASSOCIATE THESE
NAMES? HE WAS IN THE NEWS FOR A BETTER RESULT OF
SOMETHING HE ACHIEVED FEW YEARS BACK.

• It was derived from Crown
Representative's Police on 27
July 1939 with 2 battalions
in Nimach which means
North Indian Military and
Cavalry Headquarter, Madhya
Pradesh.
• Its primary duty at the time
was to protect the British
residents in sensitive states of
India.
Q3.WHICH ORGANISATION?

• X has launched 'Skult', his own clothing line in collaboration with
the online fashion retailer 'Abof'.
• "Skult is about free styling. Skult is about fashion and functionality.
Skult is about being yourself wherever you are," said X about the
athleisure brand.
• The brand features a collection of sweatshirts, t-shirts, joggers and
other clothing options.
Q4.WHICH CELEBRITY LAUNCHED THIS BRAND?

• Dhoop Chhaon (1935) - One
of the most important
developments in Indian cinema
was started with this film.
• Rai Chand Boral was the first
to use the systematic technique
of __________in the
film Dhoop Chhaon.
Q5. WHAT FIRST IS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PICTURE?

Below the word INDIA, in capital letters, is inscribed:
“ TO THE _______ OF THE INDIAN ARMIES WHO FELL AND ARE
HONOURED IN FRANCE AND FLANDERS MESOPOTAMIA AND
PERSIA EAST AFRICA GALLIPOLI AND ELSEWHERE IN THE NEAR
AND THE FAR-EAST AND IN SACRED MEMORY ALSO OF THOSE
WHOSE _______________________ AND WHO FELL IN INDIA OR
THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER AND DURING THE THIRD AFGHAN
WAR ”
Q6. WHERE WOULD YOU FIND THIS?

• It can refer to any juice, but it is commonly refers to soup
prepared with tamarind or tomato juice with added spices and
garnish.
• It is known by Saaru in Kannada or chaaru in Telugu which
means "essence" and, by extension, "juice" or "soup".
• X in Sanskrit means "taste" and "juice“.
Q7. WHAT’S BEING TALKED ABOUT?

• This is a Codd-neck bottle, a
heavy glass bottle whose mouth
is sealed by a round marble
(instead of a cap) thanks to the
pressure of the carbonated
contents.
• The distinctive bottle has led to
the drink also being called goli
soda in South India.
Q8. WHAT IS MOST COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH
THESE BOTTLES IN NORTH INDIA?

• It is a research and cultural institute founded in 1944 by
industrialist Sahu Shanti Prasad Jain of the Sahu Jain family,
conceived an idea in May 1961 to start a scheme,
"commanding national prestige and of international standard"
and to "select the best book out of the publications in Indian
languages”.
• Raghuveer Chaudhari is a novelist, poet and critic
from Gujarat, India. He is the most recent recipient of a award
given by this institute.
Q9. WHAT AM I TALKING ABOUT?

• On 9 August 1925 , something happened with the “Number 8
Down” during the Indian Independence Movement against
the British Indian Government.
• It was conceived by Ram Prasad Bismil and Ashfaqullah Khan
who belonged to the HRA. This organization was established
to carry out revolutionary activities against the British Empire
in India with the objective of achieving independence. Since
the organization needed money for purchase of weaponry,
Bismil and his party decided to do something.
Q10. WHAT’S BEING TALKED
ABOUT?

Q11. IDENTIFY THE BUILDING IN
THE BACKGROUND?

Q12. THE TWO BOOKS SHOWN ARE BASED ON TWO
DIFFERENT CITIES. WHICH TWO CITIES?

Q13. WHERE WOULD YOU FIND THIS
STRUCTURE?

• Bidhan Chandra Roy, was the
second Chief Minister of West
Bengal in India. He remained in
his post for 14 years as an Indian
National Congress candidate.
• He is often considered the great
architect of West Bengal, who
founded five eminent
cities, Durgapur, Kalyani, Bidhann
agr, Ashokenagar, and Habra.
• He was awarded Bharat Ratna on
4 February 1961.
Q14. WHAT IS CELEBRATED ON HIS BIRTHDAY?

• There is a X square in Moscow’s Vernardsky Prospekt.
•
• The square is know as 'Ja square', as it's difficult for
Russians to pronounce the full name.
• The statue was sculpted by D.B. Ryabichev.
Q15. GIVE THE FUNDA ON THE
NAMING ON THE SQUARE.

• It all started with a protest at the residence of the Deputy Commissioner
of _______, a large province in the northwestern part of India.
• The demonstration was to demand the release of two popular leaders of
the Indian Independence Movement, Satya Pal and Saifuddin Kitchlew,
who had been earlier arrested by the government and moved to a secret
location.
• A military picket shot at the crowd, killing several protesters and setting
off a series of violent events. Later the same day, several banks and other
government buildings, including the Town Hall and the railway station,
were attacked and set on fire.
Q16. WHICH INCIDENT FOLLWED
THUS?

Q17. PUT FUNDA.
THE PERSON ON THE RIGHT HOLDS A UNIQUE DISTINCTION IN A POST
WHICH HE HELD.
THE PERSON ON THE LEFT WHO IS A MORE WELL KNOWN HOLDS THE
SAME DISTINCTION BUT WITH A DIFFERENT POST.

X is an Indian author and playwright.
Q18. IDENTIFY THIS AUTHOR WHO SHARES HIS NAME WITH
A PERSON CURRENTLY MAKING HEADLINES.
Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer

The Indian words for blouse & end piece of a
sari has been derived from the names of two
different dynasties of South India.
Q. 19 WHICH TWO DYNASTIES?

• Hari Singh Nalwa, the Sikh commander-cum-
administrator of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, built the fort
of X.
• X means "my light" in Hebrew.
Q. 20 IN THE NEWS. IDENTIFY X?

Q1. GIVE THE INDIA CONNECT IN THIS IMAGE?

SPECTACLES INSPIRED BY
MAHATMA GANDHI

• It was derived from Crown
Representative's Police on 27
July 1939 with 2 battalions
in Nimach which means
North Indian Military and
Cavalry Headquarter, Madhya
Pradesh.
• Its primary duty at the time
was to protect the British
residents in sensitive states of
India
Q3.WHICH ORGANISATION?

FIRST MOVIE TO HAVE PLAYBACK SINGING

• It can refer to any juice, but it is commonly refers to soup
prepared with tamarind or tomato juice with added spices and
garnish.
• It is known by Saaru in Kannada or chaaru in Telugu which
means "essence" and, by extension, "juice" or "soup".
• X in Sanskrit means "taste" and "juice"
Q7. WHAT’S BEING TALKED ABOUT?

• This is available in a Codd-neck
bottle, a heavy glass bottle
whose mouth is sealed by a
round marble (instead of a cap)
thanks to the pressure of the
carbonated contents.
• The distinctive bottle has led to
the drink also being called goli
soda in South India.
Q8. WHAT IS MOST COMMONLY ASSOCIATED WITH
THESE BOTTLES IN NORTH INDIA?

• On 9 August 1925 , something happened with the “Number 8
Down” during the Indian Independence Movement against
the British Indian Government.
• It was conceived by Ram Prasad Bismil and Ashfaqullah Khan
who belonged to the HRA. This organisation was established
to carry out revolutionary activities against the British Empire
in India with the objective of achieving independence. Since
the organisation needed money for purchase of weaponry,
Bismil and his party decided to do something.
Q10. WHAT’S BEING TALKED
ABOUT?

Q17. PUT FUNDA.
THE PERSON ON THE RIGHT HOLDS A UNIQUE DISTINCTION IN A POST
WHICH HE HELD
THE PERSON ON THE LEFT WHO IS A MORE WELL KNOWN HOLDS THE
SAME DISTINCTION BUT WITH A DIFFERENT POST.

ZAKIR HUSSAIN- FIRST PRESIDENT
TO DIE IN OFFICE.
KISHAN KANT-ONLY VICE PRESIDENT
TO DIE IN OFFICE.

CHOLI (BLOUSE) & PALLU
VIZ. CHOLAS & PALLAVAS RESPECTIVELY.

RULES
• All questions on infinite pounce and
bounce.
• +15/-10 on pounce.
• +10 on direct/pass.
• Clockwise in bounce.

• The name of this small village X is
derived from the red flower Butea
which is known as flowers in the
spring.
• In 1998, the Khaitan Group, which
has a factory in this village X for
making sugar, had tried to change
the name to Khaitan Nagar.
However, protests from the locals
led the group to scrap the proposal.
WHICH PLACE OF HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE
IS BEING TALKED ABOUT?

PLASSEY FROM POLASH.
THE VILLAGE IS PALASHI.

• Vilayat Khan
• Swami Ranganathananda
• Manikonda Chalapathi Rau
• Lakshmi Chand Jain*
• Baba Amte did this in 1991.
EXHAUSTIVE LIST. BE SPECIFIC.
WHAT DID THESE PEOPLE DO?
SOMETHING OF THIS SORT WAS MAKING
HEADLINES LAST YEAR.

ONLY PEOPLE TO HAVE
RETURNED OR REFUSED THE
PADMA VIBHUSHAN.

• The great-grandfather of X, Maurice X, was the Chief engineer for
the construction of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, and also the iconic
Statue of Liberty.
• Though named after a project of Gustave Eiffel, the Eiffel Tower –
symbol of Paris – has its structural concept and form from the responsible
chief engineer Maurice X,
• X was an engineer of outstanding ingenuity and well versed in the
structural techniques of his time. He possessed therefore the best
qualifications for evolving such technically innovative conceptions for
which Eiffel and his firm were renowned.
• — Trautz (2002)
IDENTIFY X/ GIVE THE
INDIAN CONNECT.

• Savitri Khanolkar, born Eve Yvonne Maday de Maros, on
July 20, 1913 in Switzerland.
• She was later known as Savitri Bai, the name she was given
after she married an Indian, became a Hindu and took Indian
nationality.
• Soon after Indian independence, she was asked by the Adjutant
General Major General Hira Lal Atal to design something
which is considered very important in context of our nation.
WHAT DID SHE DESIGN?

• Maharaja Bhupinder Singh was the first
man in India to own an aircraft, which he
bought from the United Kingdom in the
first decade of the twentieth century.
• He was well known for the construction of
buildings with bold architectural designs in
Patiala, including Kali Temple, Patiala and
Cedar Lodge in Shimla which now houses
the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh.
• He is perhaps the most famous Maharaja
of Patiala, known for his extravagance and
for being a cricketer. His cricket and polo
teams – Patiala XI and Patiala Tigers – were
among the best of India.
WHAT IS HIS MOST FAMOUS
CONTRIBUTION TO INDIA A WELL KNOWN
FACT TO ALL QUIZZERS?

MADE THE CHAIL CRICKET GROUND
WHICH HOLDS THE RECORDS FOR THE
CRICKET GROUND AT HIGHEST ELEVATION IN
THE WORLD.

• Contrary to the usual norm of life, one gypsy tribe from Rajasthan
actually rejoice and revel at instance of a particular thing and
celebrates a happy moment with great grief.
• The Satiyaa community comprising about 24 odd gypsy families
scattered across the state live in temporary shelters along roadsides
and in empty spaces rely solely on disposing off the dead bodies of
cattle from the roads.
• Mostly illiterate, these tribes are notorious for their addiction to
liquor. With their deep brown complexion and athletic physique,
women of the tribe have been known to indulge in prostitution.
WHAT’S THE UNIQUE THING ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY?
SOMETHING ABOUT THE WAY THEY CELEBRATE TWO
OCCASIONS.

THEY CELEBRATE WHEN A PERSON DIES AND
THE BIRTH OF A PERSON IS CELEBRATED
WITH GREAT GRIEF.

It follow a unique numbering system unlike any other license plate numbers.
They contain an upward pointing arrow known as a Broad Arrow which is
generally first or third character followed by the last two digits of the
year in which it was manufactured or imported. The next is the base code,
followed by the serial number/vehicle number. The letter ending after the
serial number indicates the class of the vehicle.
EASY!
IF YOU SEE SUCH TYPE OF NUMBER PLATE, TO
WHOM DOES IT BELONG TO?

THE NUMBERS ARE REGISTERED UNDER THE
MINISTRY OF DEFENSE, NEW DELHI/SEEN IN
MILITARY VEHICLE.

• It is suggested elsewhere that Kālidāsa’s work Kumarasambhav
contains a mention of the "iron fish" or Matsya Yantra as it
was known:
• “Siva’s mind has been fixed steadily because of penance. And
therefore, now try to distract his attention just like an
________is attracted or drawn towards _________
(ayaskantena lohavat akarshtum)…“
• It means fish machine because of the placement of a metallic
piece shaped into a fish in a cup of oil .
OF WHICH DEVICE IS MATSYA YANTRA(PIC) A QUITE
OLD VERSION OF?

The Swatantra Party was an Indian Classical Liberal political party that
existed from 1959 to 1974. It was founded by X in reaction to what he
felt was the Jawaharlal Nehru-dominated Indian National Congress's
increasingly socialist and statist outlook. Swatantra stood for a market-
based economy with the "License Raj" dismantled.
WHO IS THE FOUNDER OF THIS PARTY?

• The tournament first began in 1941.
• The trophy is named after the late Maharaja Sir Manmatha Nath
Roy Chowdhary of X, which is now in Bangladesh, who had been
the President of the Indian __________ Association.
• The runners-up trophy, Kamla Gupta Trophy..
• The third place teams receive the Sampangi Cup which was
presented by the sports' Mysore Association in 1952, in the memory
of Sampangi, a renowned player from Mysore.
WHICH TOURNAMENT?

• Bhakta Vidur (1921) - This film
directed by Kanjibhai Rathod came in
the wake of the Rowlatt Act which
put restrictions on Indian imports.
• This mythological allegory alluded
directly to political issues of the day.
WHAT DISTINCTION DOES THIS
FILM HOLD?

FIRST FILM TO
FACE A BAN.
FIRST FILM TO
FACE A BAN.

• Robert Tor Russell, was a British architect who, in his position as
Chief Architect to the Public Works Department, Government of
India, is primarily associated with the development of the city of
New Delhi in the early 1930s.
• The official name is ”Panchavati”.
• This was originally designed by Robert Tor Russell, who was part of
British architect Edwin Lutyens’ team, when he was designing New
Delhi in the 1920s and 1930s.
BEST KNOWN FOR A PARTICULAR
CREATION. WHAT?

THE PRIME MINISTER’S RESIDENCE/
BUNGALOWS AT 7, KALYAN MARG

2.
• According to Nitin
Gadkari, it was at an NRI
meet in Delhi
that Manmohan Singh
had made this statement
which made headlines
later.
• When asked about the
statement, Singh had
replied, 'in the future'.
TWO DIFFERENT THINGS ARE MENTIONED. WHICH
TWO “STATEMENTS”?
1. Ajay Singh is credited with coining something
of utmost importance to a campaign. He is the
co-founder of SpiceJet and now the owner of the
airline. It was a simple tagline that Ajay
Singh, who was on the other end of a conference
call in progress, came up with this after a lot of
brainstorming.

1. ABKI KI BAAR MODI SARKAR
2. ACCHE DIN

FOR WHOM WERE THE BELOW SHOWN
FLAGS USED EARLIER?
Used from January 26, 1950, when
India became a republic to
August 15, 1971.

FLAG OF GOVERNOR GENERAL OF INDIA.
FLAG OF THE PRESIDENTIAL STANDARD.

WHAT FIRST WAS HE A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF?
• Henri Pequet is associated
with something iconic
which happened on
February 18, 1911.
• The 23-year-old Frenchman
flew a Humber-Sommer
biplane with about
fifty horsepower and made
the journey in thirteen
minutes.

FIRST AIRMAL FROM ALLAHABAD
TO NAINI

• It is a 316 m tall skyscraper
currently under construction in
Mumbai, India.
• It will be a mixed use
skyscraper with 63 floors that
will house a 380-room W Hotel,
office and retail space. It has
been designed by Atkins, Dubai.
• The design resembles the X
gesture: two wings of the hotel
are clasped together resembling
something.
WHAT IS THE NAME GIVEN TO THIS
TOWER?

• Incorporated in 1972, Scooters India
the company’s plant owes its origin to
M/s. Innocenti of Italy from which it
bought over the plant and machinery,
design, documentation, copyright etc.
The company also possesses the world
right of the trade name LAMBRETTA
/ LAMBRO.
• In 1975, company started its
commercial production of Scooters
under the brand name of Vijai Super
for domestic market and Lambretta for
overseas market.
IT ADDED ONE MORE TO ITS PRODUCT RANGE WHICH IS ITS
MOST COMMONLY SEEN PRODUCTION?

• "Abide with Me" is a Christian hymn by
Scottish Anglican Henry Francis Lyte most
often sung to English composer William
Henry Monk's tune entitled "Eventide".
• Lyte wrote the poem in 1847 and set it to
music while he lay dying from tuberculosis;
he survived only a further three weeks after
its completion.
• The hymn is a prayer for God to remain
present with the speaker throughout life,
through trials, and through death.
WHY DOES THIS HYMN FEATURE IN AN
INDIA QUIZ?/WHEN IS IT PLAYED?

IT IS PLAYED BY THE COMBINED BANDS OF
THE INDIAN ARMED FORCES DURING THE
ANNUAL BEATING RETREAT CEREMONY HELD ON 29
JANUARY AT VIJAY CHOWK, NEW DELHI, WHICH
OFFICIALLY MARKS THE END OF REPUBLIC DAY
CELEBRATIONS.

• Etymologies of states/union territories/cities
• +5 for each correct
• +10 bonus if all correct
• 10 questions.
WRITTEN ROUND

1. Italian traveler Niccolò de' Conti mentioned the word X which
meant "Island of Gold".
2. A means "dense forest" in Sanskrit B means "land.
3. First part means "people" and second part means "hill" and third
part means country.
4. Possible origins are from Kokborok ("water" + "near") and Sanskrit
("three" + "city").
5. Means a “Hundred Thousand Islands“ in Sanskrit.
CLUES

6. In Sanskrit, first part means "dawn-lit" and second part
means "mountains“
7. The name derives from the previous name of
the Oraon village at the same site, Archi. "Archi" derives
from the Oraon word for bamboo grove or stave. According to
legend, after an altercation with a spirit, a farmer beat the
spirit with his bamboo stave. The spirit shouted the name and
vanished.

8. Derived from two words which mean a boat and a small
creek respectively, in Sanskrit. The name was first mentioned in
the stone inscription of Kadamba king Jayakesi I dated 1054 CE
as ‘________', giving him the epithet of Padavalendra which
is Kannada for lord of the western ocean.
9. Folk etymology draws the name from two Sanskrit words
meaning "City of Lakshmi" (or, "City of Prosperity").
However, the earliest records mention the name as ____, which in
turn is a transformation of the original Sanskrit name meaning
"City of Sun“.

• It is a shorter version of of X, which is the name of one of
the three villages that existed in the region before the British
took over India. The other two were called Sutanuti and
Govindapur.
• The name may have been derived from a native term meaning
"flat area”.
• The name may have its origin in the words meaning "canal",
followed by a word , which may mean "dug".
Q 10.

1. Andaman
2. Jharkhand
3. Mizoram
4. Tripura
5. Lakshadweep
6. Arunachal Pradesh
7. Ranchi
8. Panaji
9. Srinagar
10. Kolkata
ANSWERS

RULES
• All questions on infinite pounce and
bounce.
• +15/-10 on pounce.
• +10 on direct/pass.
• Anti-Clockwise in bounce.

• Ravish Malhotra was
born on 25 December
1943 in Lahore.
• He is a retired Air
Commodore of the Indian
Air Force.
• He was the Air Officer
Commanding of Hindon
Air Force Station near
Delhi.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN HIM. PUT FUNDA.

BACKUP FOR RAKESH SHARMA WHO BECAME THE FIRST
INDIAN IN SPACE.

• At Baba Umer Durga, a
Muslim shrine near
Sholapur, India, this has
been happening for nearly
700 years, according to
a 2009 Associated Press
report.
• Both Hindu and Muslim
parents are reported to
participate, believing that
the dangerous ritual will
ensure good health and
prosperity for their families.
STRANGE. WHAT UNIQUE RITUAL IS FOLLOWED IN THESE
PLACES?
• Hundreds of villagers assemble
at the Sri Santeswar temple, in
the state of Karnataka, to watch
as this happens from a concrete
structure on the temple’s terrace
onto a cloth held below.
• The ritual takes place in the first
week of December, and is
believed to bring health and luck
to certain individuals.

WHENEVER A BABY IS BORN, HE/SHE IS
TOSSED FROM THE TOP OF A STRUCTURE
TO A CLOTH BENEATH AND THIS RITUAL IS
CONSIDERED AUSPICIOUS.

• The Nine Unknown is a 1923 novel by Talbot Mundy. It concerns
the Nine Unknown Men, to preserve and develop knowledge that
would be dangerous to humanity if it fell into the wrong hands. The
nine unknown men were entrusted with guarding nine books of
secret knowledge.
• In the novel the nine men are the embodiment of good and face up
against nine Kali worshippers, who sow confusion and masquerade
as the true sages. The story surrounds a priest called Father Cyprian
who is in possession of the books but who wants to destroy them
out of Christian piety, and a number of other characters who are
interested in learning their contents.
• The story goes that after the __________, X understood the extent
of damage the world has to endure if power goes into the wrong
hands and hence, formed a secret society consisting of 9 men.
FITB/GIVE THE INDIAN LEGEND BEHIND
THIS/WHICH INDIAN IS RELATED WITH NINE
UNKNOWN MEN?

A SECRET SOCIETY FOUNDED BY THE
MAURYAN EMPEROR ASHOKA.

• The story of X dates back to year 1920, when Mokha Singh
Lamba started a small eatery called X Peshawar, British India.
• Kundan Lal Gujral worked for Lamba at X in Peshawar.
• X was the first to dig up a tandoor right in the middle of the eatery
and since then Peshawar was introduced to the culinary art of
tandoori chicken by them.
• This was a success and soon there was in demand for Tandoori at
social gatherings and wedding feasts where they would use an
improvised tandoor.
GIMME X?

• Armed with the knowledge of Brahmi, Alexander
Cunningham, carried out a detailed research of the Buddhist
monuments which lasted for over half a century.
• Inspired by early amateur __________ like the Italian military
officer, Jean-Baptiste Ventura, Cunningham excavated stupas
across the length and breadth of India. While Cunningham
funded many of his early excavations himself, in the long run,
he realized the need for a permanent body to oversee such
expeditions.
• While his attempt in 1848 did not meet with success, the X was
eventually formed in 1861 by a statute passed into law by Lord
Canning with Cunningham as the first ___________.
WHAT WAS ESTABLISHED THUS?

ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA

• Juliet Reynolds, an art critic and a close friend of X, made a
short documentary on X, titled The Art of the Impossible , and
covers his political and artistic career.
• Suma Josson made a film on X titled One More Day to Live.
Some books on the life of X include;
• GS Bhargava: Peristroika in India
• Madan Gaur: X : Portrait of a Leader
• Seema Mustafa: The Lonely Prophet
• Ram Bahadur Rai: Manjil se Jyada Safar
WORKS ON WHOM?

• Gwalior Fort is an 8th-century hill
fort near Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh.
The fort consists of a defensive
structure and two main palaces,
Gurjari Mahal and Man Mandir,
built by Man Singh Tomar.
• Chaturbhuj Temple , dedicated
to Vishnu, in Madhya Pradesh
India. The name Chaturbhuj which
literally translates to "one who has
four arms" and refers
to Rama, an avatar of Vishnu.
THE OLDEST RECORDED VERSION OF
WHAT IS FOUND IN THIS SMALL TEMPLE
IN THE GWALIOR FORT?

THE OLDEST RECORD OF "ZERO" IN THE WORLD
WAS FOUND HERE. THE INSCRIPTION IS AROUND
1500 YEARS OLD.

On the 13th of December 2006, Indian post has issued its
first _________ stamp.
WHAT’S UNIQUE ABOUT THIS STAMP?

FIRST SCENTED STAMP AND
SUBJECT WAS SANDALWOOD

• It took more than 60 years for the sports authorities in
India to recognize the achievements of Mary D’souza, as
they felicitated her with the Dhyanchand Award in 2013
for her lifetime achievements in athletics.
• Mary’s most remarkable victory came at the inaugural
Asian Games held in New Delhi where she became the
first double medal winning athlete from India. She was a
part of the Gold medal-winning 4x100m relay team in the
second Asian Games in Manila in 1954.
• In hockey, she represented India at the 1953 and 1956
Hockey World Cups at London and Australia respectively.
WHAT’S HER CLAIM TO FAME/WHAT WAS
SHE THE FIRST TO DO?

FIRST FEMALE OLYMPIAN
OF INDIA

• The Inverted Head Four
Annas of India is a postage
stamp prized by collectors.
The 1854 first issues of India
included a Four Annas value
in red and blue.
• It was one of the world's first
multicolored stamps.
• However, an invert error
occurred during production,
showing the something
"upside down."
Q. “WHAT” HAS BEEN INVERTED?

• “X: A Silent Picture,” an experiential art installation by the
Indian artist Samar Jodha, who has teamed up with Amnesty
International in London to depict the ___________, which
remains the world’s biggest _________.
• “The temperature of the jet of steam drops to a single degree
– the same temperature as the night of the ___________” said
Mr. Jodha.
IDENTIFY THE THEME.

• In an moving tradition, the Indian Army keeps a table set for
one, at the entrance of the dining hall of the National Defence
Academy, Khadakwasla, with the chair tilted forward, in hope
of something to happen.
• A Facebook post on the official page of Indian Army reads:
• “The table set is small, for one, symbolizing the frailty of one
prisoner against his oppressors.
The single rose displayed in a vase reminds us of the families and
loved ones of our comrades-in-arms who keep their
___________________.”
WHAT IS THE REASON BEHIND THE
SETTING OF THE TABLE?

This table is set for the Armed Forces Personnel who are Prisoners of War
and forgotten, in the hope that they will return one day ( 54 PsOW of the
1971 war have never returned home).
THE TABLE IS SET HOPING TO WELCOME THE
HOMECOMING OF MEN WHO NEVER RETURNED
IN 1971 WAR.

THE FIRST TWO ARE THE ONLY TWO IN A LIST. THE THIRD
AND FOURTH ARE ONLY INSTANCES OF SOMETHING. PUT
FUNDA.

FIRST AND SECOND ARE THE ONLY TWO FOREIGN BORN
FIRST LADY.
THE THIRD IS THE ONLY FIRST LADY TO DIE IN WHILE
THE PRESIDENT IS IN OFFICE.
THE FOURTH IS THE ONLY FIRST GENTLEMEN OF
INDIA.

Neeraj Chopra
created history by
becoming the first
Indian to do achieve
something when he
won a gold medal at
the U-20 World
Championships in
Bydgoszcz, Poland.
WHAT FIRST DID HE ACHIEVE?

FIRST INDIAN TO WIN A GOLD MEDAL IN WORLD
CHAMPIOSHIPS IN ATHLETICS AT ANY LEVEL.

WHAT WAS STARTED BY THESE TWO
GENTLEMEN/ WHO FINISHED IT?
• Albert Mayer(in pic), during his work on the
development of something, developed a superblock
based-plan threaded with green spaces which
emphasized the cellular neighborhood and traffic
segregation.
• His site plan used natural characteristics, using its
gentle grade to promote drainage and rivers to orient
the plan. Mayer discontinued his work on the project
after developing a master plan when his architect-
partner Matthew Nowicki died in a plane crash .
• Matthew Nowicki was a Polish architect. He was
notable in his day for being appointed chief architect
of something.

PLANNED CITY OF CHANDIGARH/
LE CORBUSIER

• The city is shown in the backdrop for several scenes in the
1997 film Pardes, starring Shah Rukh Khan and Mahima
Chaudhary.
• Filmmaker Subhash Ghai had shot the super hit song "Do Dil
Mil Rahen Hai" here for his blockbuster movie Pardes.
Do Dil Mil Rahe Hain - 205.mp4
IDENTIFY THE MEDIEVAL CAPITAL CITY WHICH IS
SHOWN IN THE BACKDROP OF THIS SONG?
IT FEATURES MANY TIMES IN THE MOVIE TOO.

• Nawab Mir Yusuf Ali Khan (1889–1949), former Prime Minister of
the seventh _____________, spent a substantial amount of his
income over thirty five years to make this priceless collection, his
life's passion.
• The collections left behind in his ancestral palace, 'Diwan Deodi',
were formerly exhibited there as a private place which was
inaugurated by Jawaharlal Nehru in 1951.
• Old timers believe that the present collection constitutes only half
of the original art wealth collected by him. His employees siphoned
off part of it, since he was unmarried and depended upon his staff
to keep a vigil.
WHERE WOULD YOU NOW SEE YUSUF ALI
KHAN’S COLLECTION?

• Sir Robert X , 1st
Baronet (December 1717 – 29
April 1798) of Haldon
House in the parish of Kenn,
in Devon, England, was an
officer of the British East
India Company who served as
Governor of the Madras
Presidency.
• In England he served
as MP for Ashburton in 1767
and between 1774 and 1787
and for Wareham, between
1768 and 1774.
WHAT IS NAMED AFTER HIM?
THINK GEOGRAPHY.

INDIA- BOTH NAMED THEIR
DAUGHTERS AFTER INDIA

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